One man must make a journey across a once colonised alien planet.
Abandoned by man when it was discovered that the species there were
actually sentient, the planet is now a place of mystery. A mystery
that obsesses the lone traveller Gundersen and takes him on a long
trek to attempt to share the religious rebirthing of the aliens. A
journey that offers redemption from guilt and sin. This is one of
Silverbergs most intense novels and draws heavily on Conrad's Heart
of Darkness. It puts the reader at the heart of the experience and
forces them to ask what they would do in the circumstances.